Description
Vitamin E plays an important role in various body processes and your horse's needs are higher during physical exertion, growth and gestation, among others. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant, which has the immediate disadvantage that this vitamin is highly subject to decrease in hay and haylage.
How much vitamin E does a horse need?
The basic vitamin E requirements for a horse (600 kg) are 600 I.E. per day, according to the Central Animal Feed Bureau (CVB) and the U.S. National Research Council (NRC). With physical exertion, 360-1200 I.E. per day is added, depending on the intensity of your training. The requirement also increases with gestation, lactation and growth. At gestation it is 360 I.E. per day, at lactation 600 I.E. and at growth 100 to 400 I.E. depending on age. If you feed flaxseed oil or another unsaturated oil, keep in mind that this too increases the need for Vitamin E. An excess of Vitamin E does not occur easily.
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